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Conspiracy Theorist

Creature — Human Shaman

Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {1} and discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#4554
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Conspiracy Theorist card art
Conspiracy Theorist turns every discard outlet into card selection, letting you exile a card from your graveyard on attack to cast it that turn — free card advantage stapled to a 2/2 for two mana. Commanders like Rionya, Fire Dancer that already reward attacking lean on this hard, and Quintorius, History Chaser treats every exiled card as a trigger, making Conspiracy Theorist a two-mana engine rather than a utility piece.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Quintorius, History Chaser

Quintorius, History Chaser

84.5% of decks · synergy 0.82

Quintorius, History Chaser pings opponents whenever a card leaves your graveyard, so every attack trigger from Conspiracy Theorist that exiles a card is also a damage trigger — the two cards form a self-contained loop of value that scales with however many attacks you're taking.

02
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

36.8% of decks · synergy 0.36

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald creates a Wolf token whenever you cast a spell from outside your hand, and Conspiracy Theorist's exile-and-cast ability hits that trigger every time — each attack that cashes in a graveyard card is also a free creature.

03
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.32

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar wants you discarding cards constantly to pay its cost and feed its engine, and Conspiracy Theorist converts that mandatory discard into a second use by letting you cast whatever ended up in the graveyard from exile on the same turn you attack.

04
Ashling, Flame Dancer

Ashling, Flame Dancer

32.8% of decks · synergy 0.30

Ashling, Flame Dancer copies instant and sorcery spells when it attacks, and Conspiracy Theorist lets you exile one of those same spell types from your graveyard to cast on the same combat step — the two creatures attacking together can chain a spell, copy it, and bin it for next time.

05
Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Captain Howler, Sea Scourge rewards you for casting spells from exile, and Conspiracy Theorist puts cards directly into exile and lets you cast them immediately — every attack is a free activation of Captain Howler's payoff condition without spending additional resources.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Conspiracy Theorist does its best work, because 100-card decks full of discard synergies, graveyard loops, and attack triggers give it a dense web of interactions to exploit. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but competes against more efficient two-drops that demand immediate board impact, and a 2/2 that needs to attack before it generates value rarely makes the cut in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power density to potentially chain it into something broken, but the same power density means Conspiracy Theorist is almost never the best option available. For Commander players building around discard, graveyard recursion, or spell-from-exile payoffs, this is a two-mana piece that earns its slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Conspiracy Theorist is bulk — you're picking this up as an incidental include, not a financial decision. Given its 84% inclusion rate in Quintorius, History Chaser decks and solid representation across several other commanders, the price reflects supply more than demand, and it's unlikely to stay this cheap if it sees any renewed attention.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.